Project ECHO hooks up medical specialists with rural providers - and that could help the economy

3:07 AM,
Oct. 6, 2012

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She guesses about one-in-five patients she sees receive help they might not otherwise have gotten thanks to the University of Nevada School of Medicine program, which pairs rural care providers with specialists in Reno through video conferencing and has potential to boost the economy.

Examples of cases where Project ECHO was instrumental for Pyles-Sweet included a woman with a severe urinary tract infection for which the normal treatments weren't working, a girl with a displaced ...